Norway police say body on shore is Kurdish-Iranian boy who died in Channel

Police in Norway have said a body found on the country’s coast earlier this year is that of a missing 15 month old who died in the English Channel. The child, named Artin, died along with four family members when the boat they were travelling in sank in October. The Kurdish-Iranian family had been attempting to reach the UK from France. Relatives of the family have spoken of their grief and confusion as they waited to hear what had happened to Artin. Now the child’s remains will be flown back to Iran to be buried. On Monday, police in Norway said the body had been found on the country’s south-western shore near Karmoy by two officers on New Year’s Day.

 “We didn’t have a missing baby reported in Norway, and no family had contacted the police,” Camilla Tjelle Waage, the head of police investigations, told the BBC. “The blue overall wasn’t a Norwegian brand either [and] that indicated the baby was not from Norway,” she added. (BBC)…[+]